Sri Lanka at the 2010 Commonwealth Games explained

Cga:SRI
Cganame:National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka
Games:Commonwealth Games
Year:2010
Location:Delhi, India
Competitors:94
Sports:14
Flagbearer:Opening:Chinthana Vidanage
Closing:
Rank:20
Gold:0
Silver:1
Bronze:1
Officials:45
App Begin Year:1938

Sri Lanka competed in the 2010 Commonwealth Games held in Delhi, India, from 3 to 14 October 2010. Sri Lanka was represented by 94 athletes (73 male, 21 female)[1] in 14 sports, with Diving, Lawn Bowls, Field Hockey, Rhythmic gymnastics and Netball not being represented. The 94 athletes represented an increase of 28 from Melbourne in 2006. Also the contingent consisted of 45 officials.[2] Chinthana Vidanage was the flag bearer.[3]

Medalists

Medalwidth=350pxNameSportEventDate
October 6
October 5

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. Sri Lanka will send 4 archers to the 2010 commonwealth games.[4]

Men

AthleteEventRanking RoundRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalRank
ScoreSeedOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Nipun SeneviratneRecurve individualalign=center align=center align=center
Hewa PereraRecurve individualalign=center align=center align=center
Lakmal RajasingheRecurve individualalign=center align=center align=center
Nipun Seneviratne
Hewa Perera
Lakmal Rajasinghe
Team Recurvealign=center align=center align=center

Women

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. Sri Lanka sent a team of 15 athletes to the 2010 Commonwealth games.[5]

Men

Athlete(s)EventsRound 1Round 2SemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Shehan Abepitiya100 malign=center -align=center -align=center -align=center -align=center -align=center -align=center -align=center -
200 malign=center -align=center -align=center -align=center -align=center -align=center -align=center -align=center -
K.P. JayathilakaT-46 100 malign=center -align=center -align=center -align=center -align=center -align=center -align=center -align=center -
Thanuja VidurangaT-46 100 malign=center -align=center -align=center -align=center -align=center -align=center -align=center -align=center -
Prasanna Amarasekera400 malign=center -align=center -align=center -align=center -align=center -align=center -align=center -align=center -
Chaminda Wijekoon1500 malign=center -align=center -align=center -align=center -align=center -align=center -align=center -align=center -
Prasanna Amarasekera
Uditha Wickramasinghe
Shalitha Ramanayake
Kasun Seneviratne
Nalin Karunarathna
Rohitha Pushpakumara
4x400 metre relayalign=center -align=center -align=center -align=center -align=center -align=center -align=center -align=center -
Manjula KumaraHigh Jumpalign=center -align=center -align=center -align=center -
Nalin Ratnasiri[6] High Jumpalign=center -align=center -align=center -align=center -

Women

Athlete(s)EventsRound 1Round 2SemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Chandrika Subashani400 malign=center -align=center -align=center -align=center -align=center -align=center -align=center -align=center -
Nadeeka LakmaliJavelinalign=center -align=center -align=center -align=center -
C.D. PriyadarshaniLong jumpalign=center -align=center -align=center -align=center -

Badminton

Sri Lanka will send 6 shuttlers.[4] The mixed doubles and women's doubles teams are currently unannounced.

Men

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Dinuka KarunaratneSingles
Niluka KarunaratneSingles
Lasitha KarunathilakaSingles
Dinuka Karunaratne
Niluka Karunaratne
Doubles

Women

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Thilini JayasingheSingles
Chandrika de SilvaSingles
Subodha DahanayakeSingles

Mixed Team

Sri Lanka was ranked 12th in the draw and drew #3 Singapore, #5 New Zealand, #13 Jamaica and tied for #20 (last place) Northern Ireland.

Group B
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0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0

Boxing

Sri Lanka will send 7 boxers.[4]

Men

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Chaminda ThennakoonLight Flyweight
D.M. SamarasekaraFlyweight
Manju WanniarachchiLightweight
Kamal SameeraLight Welterweight
Asanka RajapakshaWelterweight
Suranga MudannayakaMiddleweight
Ranil JayathilakaLight heavyweight

Cycling

[3]

See main article: Cycling at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. Sri Lanka will send 5 cyclists.[4]

Men

Road

Men

AthleteEventTimeRank
Lakshman WijeratneRoad race
Time trial
Janaka KumaraRoad race
Time trial
Dane NugeraRoad race
Time trial
Ishan SandakelumRoad race
Time trial

Women

AthleteEventTimeRank
Lasanthi GunathilakaRoad race
Time trial

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. Sri Lanka will send a gymnastics team of 5 for the 2010 Commonwealth games.[7]

Artistic

Men

Women

Rugby sevens

Sri Lanka has qualified a rugby sevens team for the 2010 Commonwealth games. The team will consist of 12 athletes.[8]

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Squash

See main article: Squash at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. Sri Lanka competed in squash at the 2010 Commonwealth games.[9]

Men

Women

Mixed
Pool 6
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1align=left 0 0 0 0 0 0
2align=left 0 0 0 0 0 0
3align=left 0 0 0 0 0 0
4align=left 0 0 0 0 0 0

Shooting

[3]

See main article: Shooting at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

Sri Lanka will send 3 shooters to the 2010 Commonwealth Games.[4]

Men

Swimming

Men
AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Sunil Amarasinghe50 m freestyle S9align=center align=center align=center align=center align=center align=center
Niluka Thilakaratne50 m freestyle S10align=center align=center align=center align=center align=center align=center
Heshan Unamboowe50 m freestylealign=center align=center align=center align=center align=center align=center
50 m backstrokealign=center align=center align=center align=center align=center align=center
100 m backstrokealign=center align=center align=center align=center align=center align=center
Matthew Abeysinghe100 m freestylealign=center align=center align=center align=center align=center align=center
200 m freestylealign=center align=center align=center align=center align=center align=center
400 m freestylealign=center align=center align=center align=center align=center align=center
Conrad Francis50 m breaststrokealign=center align=center align=center align=center align=center align=center
200 m butterflyalign=center align=center align=center align=center align=center align=center
100 m butterflyalign=center align=center align=center align=center align=center align=center
Women
AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Madhawee Weerathunga50 m freestylealign=center align=center align=center align=center align=center align=center
100 m freestylealign=center align=center align=center align=center align=center align=center
Lihini Dias50 m freestylealign=center align=center align=center align=center align=center align=center
50 m breaststrokealign=center align=center align=center align=center align=center align=center
Sachini Amarasinghe50 m backstrokealign=center align=center align=center align=center align=center align=center
50 m breaststrokealign=center align=center align=center align=center align=center align=center

Synchronized swimming

Sri Lanka competed in synchronized swimming for the first time at the Commonwealth games.[10]

AthleteEventTechnical RoutineFree Routine (Preliminary)Free Routine (Final)
PointsRankPointsRankTotal PointsRankPointsRankTotal PointsRank
Dehara KatipearachchiSolo
Elisha Gomes
Dehara Katipearachchi
Duet

Table tennis

Sri Lanka will send 6 paddlers.[4]

Men
Women

Tennis

Men

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Thangarajah DineshkanthanSingles
Harshana GodamannaSingles
Amresh JayawickremaSingles David (BER)
W 6-1 6-2
Rajeev RajapakseSingles
Harshana Godamanna
Rajeev Rajapakse
Doubles

Women

Mixed

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. Sri Lanka sent a team of 10 weightlifters.[11]

Men

AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank
ResultRankResultRank
Kamal Bandara-56 kgalign=center -align=center -align=center -align=center -align=center -align=center -
Sangeth Wijesooriya-56 kgalign=center -align=center -align=center -align=center -align=center -align=center -
Sudesh Peiris-62 kgalign=center -align=center -align=center -align=center -align=center -align=center
Romesh Samarasekara-62 kgalign=center -align=center -align=center -align=center -align=center -align=center -
Chinthana Vidanage-69 kgalign=center -align=center -align=center -align=center -align=center -align=center -
Indika Dissanayake-85 kgalign=center -align=center -align=center -align=center -align=center -align=center -
Thusitha Abeykoon-94 kgalign=center -align=center -align=center -align=center -align=center -align=center -
Manjula Wijerathna-105+ kgalign=center -align=center -align=center -align=center -align=center -align=center -
Men – EAD (Powerlifting)
AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank
ResultRankResultRank
Kamal Bandara-48 kgalign=center -align=center -align=center -align=center -align=center -align=center -
Sanath Kumara-52 kgalign=center -align=center -align=center -align=center -align=center -align=center -

Wrestling

[3]

See main article: Wrestling at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. Sri Lanka will send 3 wrestlers to New Delhi[4]

[1]

Men's Freestyle
AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage Round 1Repechage Round 2Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Yaparathna Kumara−55 kg
Saman Kumara−60 kg
Roshan Indika−66 kg

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://thepapare.com/features/interviews/strong-sri-lankan-contingent-for-commonwealth-games.html?change_css=blue
  2. Web site: 19th Commonwealth Games – Delhi, India | National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka . 2010-06-20 . dead . https://archive.today/20100806193301/http://www.srilankaolympic.org/2010/06/19th-commonwealth-games-delhi-india-2/ . 2010-08-06 .
  3. Web site: Sri Lanka To Send 90 Athletes To Commonwealth Games - The Sunday Leader. Thesundayleader.lk. 14 October 2017.
  4. Web site: Sport. Nation.lk. 14 October 2017.
  5. Web site: Sri Lanka Sports News | Sundayobserver.lk . 2010-08-20 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20100820233821/http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2010/08/15/spo20.asp . 2010-08-20 .
  6. Web site: Daily Mirror - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Headlines. Dailymirror.lk. 14 October 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20160225070752/http://www.dailymirror.lk/sports2/?p=2845. 25 February 2016. dead. dmy-all.
  7. Web site: Tharindu and Gajitha - Young giants of Gymnastics. Sundaytimes.lk. 14 October 2017.
  8. [Rugby sevens at the 2010 Commonwealth Games]
  9. Web site: Daily Mirror - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Headlines. Dailymirror.lk. 14 October 2017.
  10. Web site: Synchronised Swimming - Welcome to the home of English synchro. ASA Synchronised Swimming Hub. 14 October 2017.
  11. Web site: Daily Mirror - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Headlines. Dailymirror.lk. 14 October 2017.